Minister Mangala Samaraweera meets with ‘Mothers of the Disappeared’ in Mullaitivu

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera today met with the mothers of the disappeared and missing in Mullaitivu, who are staging a roadside protest opposite Mullaitivu District Secretariat for the past 390 days demanding to know the whereabouts of their missing children.

The mothers of the disappeared presented the facts about their missing children to the Minister and requested him to provide a quick solution.

The Minister assured them that officers from the Office on Missing persons (OMP) will be sent to meet them soon to learn about the disappearances and he personally will intervene to ensure that the mother will receive the information they seek on their loved ones.

Minister Samaraweera stressed that the activities of the OMP will not be interfered politically or militarily.

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